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Re: [Tigers] Best Carburetor(s) for the Tiger

To: Howard gentry <zymmer4@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Best Carburetor(s) for the Tiger
From: Allan Ballard <allanballard@att.net>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:37:46 -0400
>  have never heard of an Alpine getting that kind of milage


Alpines with Overdrive and a Weber routinely get 30's MPG at highway speeds.

My stock 2bbl Mk1a Tiger -- according to it's log book - got 32.9 mpg at
odometer 091 miles ranging up to mid 30's over the initial years
with additional entries entries in the teens.

I have only driven the car a half mile or so prior to repairs made necessary
by 28 years of storage, so I have no idea how the
mileage will be now.






On Jun 22, 2010, at 9:45 AM, Howard gentry wrote:

> Hi,
>     WOW  Any milage @3800 with a Tiger sounds like a dream...I have never
> heard of an Alpine getting that kind of milage..Who builds your motors..The
> Big Two need his expertise..;-)
> zym
>
>
> The Blues is the only music Original to the United States of America.
>
> --- On Mon, 6/21/10, CoolVT@aol.com <CoolVT@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: CoolVT@aol.com <CoolVT@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] Best Carburetor(s) for the Tiger
> To: tkparker1941@gmail.com, rfraser@bluefrog.com
> Cc: tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Monday, June 21, 2010, 7:21 PM
>
>
> Hey, how fast do you guys drive:-)  Someone wrote  and talked about 3,800
> rpm at 78 mph.  Do you really have  place where  you can cruise at 78?  If
> so, I can see why the mileage  suffers.
> Mark
>
>
> In a message dated 6/21/2010 7:17:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> tkparker1941@gmail.com writes:
>
> Ron,
>
> I'm certainly not doubting you, and you've given me  something to shoot
for.
> Thanks!
>
> Tom
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at  3:58 PM, Ron Fraser <rfraser@bluefrog.com>  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> BTW, when the Tiger ran I'd have been proud  to get 18 - 20 MPG at highway
>> speeds. I think 28 MPG is a tad high  with a 4 speed, improbable even
> with a
>> carbureted engine and a 5  speed, but probable with a 5 speed, fuel
> injection
>> and an engine  management system.
>>
>>
>>
>> I easily get 25 MPG and my  friends MK II with 600 cfm, 4 bbl gets about
> 22
>> MPG.   I  once saw 29 MPG but only once.   I'm pushing the ignition and
> carb
>> tune on my 260 to the max and I hope to cross the 30 MPG  mark.   If I do
>> cross 30 MPG constantly I will report back  on that.
>>
>> Ron Fraser
>>
>> 260, 2 bbl,  4sp
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